The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.

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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.

William Osler

1904

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1904

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William Osler

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Osler, William. Science and Immortality. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1904, ch. 2.

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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. — William Osler

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